The Alphabet Murders

Starring: Randall, Tony and Ekberg, Anita

With a twinkle of his eye and a twirl of his moustache, Tony Randall steps into the patent leather pumps of Hercule Poirot - and joins the ranks of Charles Laughton, Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, David Suchet and more distinguished actors who've charmed generations of audiences as Agatha Christie's renowned Belgian detective. The Alphabet Murders, based on Christie's The ABC Murders, adds lots of laughs to the brain-teasing tale of a serial killer who chooses his/her victims in alphabetical order. As quickly as you can say ABC, Poirot is on the case, pursuing gorgeous Amanda Beatrice Cross (Anita Ekberg), who confesses to the crimes in Poirot's Turkish bath. Poirot is shocked. After all, the ladies have their own facility elsewhere in the building! A befuddled British Intelligence officer (Robert Morley) galumphs along in Poirot's wake. And Margaret Rutherford and Stringer Davis of the Miss Marple movie series make surprise cameos to add even more fun to the mysterious goings-on.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 888574142520
• Release Date: March 2015
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Allied Vaughn
• Director: Tashlin, Frank
• Starring: Randall, Tony, Ekberg, Anita
• Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Icky-pooh

If you only LOOK at the cover for this video, you can tell that the lead is no Peter Ustinov, the yardstick by which all Poirot actors are measured. O.K., maybe David Suchet : “Death on the Nile” (1978) Peter Ustinov “Evil Under the Sun” (1982) Peter Ustinov “Thirteen at Dinner” (1985) Peter Ustinov “Appointment with Death” (1988) Peter Ustinov Tony Randal is a good actor in a bad direction; however, he is not the only thing that makes this movie lame. The timing is off, the music is second-rate, and it does not even have the continental feel of a British movie. Needless to say, years later, when David Suchet nailed the part that made this bad film unbearable. The story is of Agatha Christie’s star detective, Hercule Poirot, who investigates an alphabetical serial killer(s) based on Christie’s novel “The A.B.C. Murders.” There is a good adaptation of this story. In “The ABC Murders” TV Mini Series 2018, John Malkovich makes an interesting Hercule Poirot. He does not try to match the book or the other movies. Save your money and save your time. Do not watch this adaptation-watch Ustinov instead!